Steven Johnson is the host of the BBC TV/PBS series, “How We Got to Now,” and is the best-selling author of the book “Wonderland” and “How We Got to Now.” Johnson was born in Washington, D.C. and he has earned his B.A. in Semiotics from Brown University and his M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University. Johnson is a popular... read full bio
Steven Johnson is an American science author and esteemed media theorist born in Washington, D.C. Johnson is the author of several books detailing issues of science, media, and technology. He has contributed to many networks and websites, including editing for "Wired" and regularly writing for the New York Times, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Johnson has assisted... read full bio
Steven Rinella is an avid outdoorsman and star of the award-winning outdoors hunting series MeatEater, on The Sportsman Channel. He authored The Scavengers Guide to Haute Cuisine; American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon; Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter, and the two-volume series The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game. His... read full bio
Born in Manchester, Georgia, a small Southern town, Stuart Woods attended the public schools in his hometown before earning a BA in sociology from the University of Georgia. He lived in Atlanta for a year after graduating from college and went through two months of basic training for the Air National Guard's "draft-dodger program." Subsequently, he relocated to New York... read full bio
Sue Grafton is published in 28 countries and 26 languagesincluding Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian. Shes an international bestseller with a readership in the millions. Shes a writer who believes in the form that she has chosen to mine: The mystery novel offers a world in which justice is served. Maybe not in a court of law," she has said, "but... read full bio
Sunni Brown is an American author, leader of The Doodle Revolution, and founder of Summi Brown Ink, which is a visual thinking consultancy. Through ‘The Doodle Revolution,’ Brown has led the movement to inform people that doodling is good for your brain and isn’t just a distraction. Brown took her concept to a TED conference and gave a TED talk... read full bio
Susan Burton is an author, prison reform activist, and is the Executive Director and founder of the non-profit, A New Way of Life. Burton was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. She was raised in housing projects and had a rough upbringing. Burton later in life had a son who was accidentally hit and killed by a police... read full bio
A self-described "crusader for joy and our common humanity," Susan Fales-Hill has dedicated her twenty-seven-year writing career to bridging the American racial divide by demolishing stereotypes of women and of people of color. One might say it is the job for which she was born. An engaging and dynamic speaker, her topics are all woven with the thread of identity,... read full bio
Thirty works of fiction have been published by T. Coraghessan Boyle, the most recent of which are The Harder They Come, The Terranauts, The Relive Box, Outside Looking In, Talk To Me and I Walk Between the Raindrops. He earned his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, his Ph.D. in Nineteenth Century British Literature from the University of Iowa and his... read full bio
Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a well-known author and storyteller who works as a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, where her perceptive and provocative writing has won praise from many quarters. Her ability to craft gripping stories for various media is demonstrated by her two novels, including the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble, which she turned into an Emmy-nominated limited... read full bio
Tahl Raz is a New York Times bestselling author, founder and principal of Tahl Raz, and an award-winning journalist. Raz has earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Vassar College and has also studied at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Raz began his career as a reporter at the Jerusalem Post and has gone on to be an editor at Myprimetime.com,... read full bio
Tamar Geller created "The Loved Dog" technique of dog training. She is a behaviorist, dog trainer and New York Times bestselling author. Known for her ground-breaking approach that combines brain science, personal growth and an in-depth knowledge of canine behavior, she has gained a following among celebrities including Oprah, Lady Gaga, the Kardashians, Tony Robbins, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Brad Paisley and many... read full bio
Tamer Elnoury, a former undercover FBI agent and New York Times bestselling author, is credited with infiltrating and dismantling a terror group in North America. No one has ever penetrated Al Qaeda as thoroughly as Tamer has and there have only been a few number of persons in our country's history who have performed counterterrorism work in this position or at... read full bio
Tanya Selvaratnam is a writer, producer, and Emmy nominee with over 25 years of expertise in the arts and social justice. She has also won many Webby awards. She is the author of several books and essays, including THE BIG LIE and Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence, and she serves as the Pop Culture Collaborative's Senior Advisor, Gender... read full bio
Tara Schuster is an author, playwright and television entertainment executive who was previously the VP of Talent and Development at Comedy Central. Schuster began her career with Comedy Central first working as an intern for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” before helping to launch the series “Key & Peele.” Schuster has earned her BFA in Literary Arts and History... read full bio
Tara Westover is an American historian and author who is best known for her memoir, “Educated”, which debuted at number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Educated was a finalist for awards such as the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN America’s Jean Stein Book Award and was featured in The New York Times one of the 10... read full bio
Teresa Giudice is a television personality, author, and entrepreneur from Paterson, New Jersey. She is best known for appearing on the series “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” and “The Celebrity Apprentice 5”. As an author, Giudice has published several New York Times best-selling cookbooks as well as books about her life. Her books include, “Turning the Tables”, “Skinny Italian”... read full bio
Therese Borchard is author of the hit blog “Beyond Blue” on Beliefnet.com, and moderates the popular depression support group on Beliefnet’s social networking site. Borchard’s memoir, Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes, describes her experience of living with manic depression as well as provides cutting-edge research and information on dealing with mood disorders.... read full bio
Swedish behaviorist Thomas Erikson is the best-selling author of the Surrounded by volumes, a series exploring communication and human behavior. The series, which includes Surrounded by Idiots, has sold over 7 million copies and been translated into nearly 60 languages. His goal is to raise people's self-awareness in order to make their daily lives easier, but also to give them... read full bio
Thomas Hagey is the King of Parody. His five parody books have sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. He is a veteran of hundreds of media interviews from CNN to the PLAYBOY Channel. He continues to be successful and is becoming more well-know as his career spans on.... read full bio
